Dualism In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Dualism in Animal Farm
“ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, 
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” (Orwell, 58). This was the final single Commandment that the animals set up in Animal Farm written by George Orwell. This sentence was not only ironic verbally but also a perfect example of dualism that is dialectic. Dialectic is the interplay of contradictory principles or opposed forces. (2) Dualism is the concept that two exact opposite aspects coexist and do not contradict with each other because of their presence. Orwell did not write the subject he wanted to directly so that the readers could think about the serious political issue that it is actually addressing and pay attention to it. He was telling the audience that citizens should mind what the government was doing because officials were often corrupt and self-centered. (1) The story of Animal Farm is a dialectic dualism as a whole when analyzed as an example of allegory.
Allegory was central to the understanding of Animal Farm, thus digging the deeper meaning behind the literal meaning would be beneficial for the understanding of dualism in this work. Allegory was “a story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible …show more content…

There is the government of the pigs, the secret police of the violent dogs, the upper class who were selfish like Mollie, the poor working class of old and hard-working horses, and the commoners formed by the “blind masses” of sheep. This animal system is dualistic because while the working class became more dedicated and loyal in the government, the officials became more corrupt than ever. However, they do not contradict with each other because when these two phenomenons occur at the same time, the society is still normally regulated until groups of organizations rebelled against the former government officials and

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